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Peng Shou appointed as president of China National Building Materials
Written by Global Cement staff
20 June 2018
China: Peng Shou has been appointed as the president of China National Building Materials (CNBM). Other new appointments announced in the wake of the company’s annual general meeting include the assignment of Chang Zhangli as a non-executive director and Yu Kaijun as secretary to the board.
Peng Shou, aged 57 years, holds has over 30 years of experience in business and management in the building material industry with various senior roles at both CNBM and Triumph International Engineering. Peng holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Wuhan Institute of Building material industry (now Wuhan University of Technology) and a master’s degree in management from Wuhan Polytechnic University (now Wuhan University of Technology).
Chang Zhangli, age 47 years, has held a variety of senior management roles at companies including CNBM, Jushi Group, Southwest Cement, China Triumph International Engineering, China United Cement, China Composites Group, North Cement and Beijing New Building Materials.
Yu Kaijun, aged 55 years, is a vice president of CNBM. He holds over 35 years of experience in financial management and corporate governance with positions at Sinoma, BBMG, Xinjiang Tianshan Cement, Ningxia Building Materials Group. Notably he was the chief financial officer of Sinoma from 2010 to 2018 and Sinoma International Engineering from 2001 to 2011. He holds a masters degree in accounting from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Yang Yongzheng resigns as director of Tianrui Cement due to prison sentence
Written by Global Cement staff
20 June 2018
China: Yang Yongzheng has resigned as a non-executive director of China Tianrui Group Cement Company due to a prison sentence. Yang has also resigned as a member of the group’s nomination committee. He has been replaced on the nomination committee by Li Liufa, the chairman of the company.
Carmen Díaz appointed as commercial director of LafargeHolcim España
Written by Global Cement staff
20 June 2018
Spain: LafargeHolcim España has appointed Carmen Díaz as its commercial director. Díaz was previously the general manager of the group’s ReadySet Mix digital venture. She succeeds Simón Kronenberg in the post who has moved on to a new role with the group in Switzerland.
Díaz is a chemical engineer from the University of Oviedo and she also holds an MBA. She joined LafargeHolcim in 2002 and has held various roles including Area Manager in Madrid and the Vice President of Commercial Performance and Head of Ready Mix Commercial in France.
Boral appoints Kathryn Fagg as chairman
Written by Global Cement staff
20 June 2018
Australia: Boral has appointed Kathryn Fagg as chairman with effect from 1 July 2018. It follows the resignation of Brian Clark as chairman and a non-executive director due to health reasons. Clark has been a director of the company since 2007 and was elected chairman in late 2015.
Fagg, who joined the board in 2014, holds more than 25 years of executive and management experience across a range of industries in Australia and Asia, including steel based building products at BlueScope Steel, transport and logistics at Linfox Logistics Group, banking at ANZ and professional consulting services at McKinsey & Co.
Fagg commenced her professional career as a chemical engineer with Esso Australia, now Exxon Mobil. She holds a number of board positions, including as a non-executive director of Incitec Pivot and a non-executive director of Djerriwarrh Investments. She is the current president of Chief Executive Women and only recently completed a five year term as a director of the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Boral has also appointed Peter Alexander as its first North American-based non-executive director, with effect from 1 September 2018. Alexander has spent eight years as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Building Materials Holding Corporation and then the merged company BMC. He was president and CEO of ORCO Construction Distribution from 2005 to 2009 and was managing partner of KinderOaks Business Services from 2002 to 2005. He holds a BA from the Ohio State University and an MBA from the Pennsylvania State University.
Ted T Reese appointed as Executive Vice President of Cadence Environmental Energy
Written by Global Cement staff
13 June 2018
US: Cadence Environmental Energy has promoted Ted T Reese to Executive Vice President. Cadence provides technology for waste fuel recycling and emission reduction technology to the cement industry and is the exclusive supplier of waste-derived fuels for Ash Grove Cement. As part of the company’s succession plan founder Ted J Reese plans to hand over the presidency to Ted T Reese in 2019.